THE REAL YOU IN YOU

“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth”

John 4:24

LIGHT FOR THE NOW: There is a spirit in man, but the Spirit of God gives utterance.

Just as God is a Spirit, man is also a spirit, and was made in the image and likeness of God. Therefore, your body isn’t you. Your body is just a house accommodating your spirit. It is not with your physical eyes that you see the world. The two sockets in front of your face are not your real eyes. They are just windows through which your spirit sees the world around you. There is more to you than your physical body. You are a spirit being. The real you is who Peter calls the “hidden man of the heart” (1Peter 3:4). He is the same as what Apostle Paul calls the “inward man” (2Corinthians 4:16). The inward man is the human spirit; the one who cannot be seen with the physical eyes. The “outward man” is the body with its five senses. The real “you” is the inward man and not the outward man. When you speak, it is the inward man that talks through your mouth.

Unfortunately, too many people are only concerned about what is going on in their bodies, not giving the required attention to developing and educating their spirits. It is the man inside your spirit that God deals with and relates to, not the physical body. God relates with your spirit in leading and guiding you. He contacts you through your spirit. You must therefore walk in this consciousness and live beyond physical circumstances. Your spirit is where the life of God resides. When you received the Holy Spirit, He mingled with your spirit and became one with your spirit, in an inseparable union (1Corinthians6:17). It is your spirit that really matters to God. It is therefore important to learn how to function from your spirit, and the only way to do this is to keep your focus on the Word of God, and live from inside out, refusing to be moved by the dictates of your physical senses.

INSTRUCTION: Constantly feed your spirit man with the Word of God.

PRAYER: Lord, reveal the real me to me, in Jesus name.

QUOTE: There is a you in you.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: MATTHEW 25; EVENING: 2CHRONICLES CHAPTER 27